Triple

T20964362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund E516326 entity
Predicate hasNotableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Ed Kashi
Ed Kashi is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer known for his long-form visual storytelling on social and political issues around the world.
 E1459873 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Ed Kashi | Statement: [W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, hasNotableRecipient, Ed Kashi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ed Kashi
Context triple: [W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, hasNotableRecipient, Ed Kashi]
  • A. Joshua Oppenheimer
    Joshua Oppenheimer is an American-born filmmaker best known for his innovative and unsettling documentaries about mass violence, including the acclaimed films "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence."
  • B. Kirby Dick
    Kirby Dick is an American documentary filmmaker known for his hard-hitting investigative films that expose institutional abuses and champion social justice issues.
  • C. Eric Bress
    Eric Bress is an American screenwriter and film director best known for co-writing and co-directing the psychological thriller film "The Butterfly Effect."
  • D. David Pilger
    David Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though no widely recognized public information about him is available.
  • E. David Guggenheim
    David Guggenheim is an American screenwriter and producer best known for creating the TV series "Designated Survivor" and writing the film "Safe House."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Ed Kashi
Triple: [W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, hasNotableRecipient, Ed Kashi]
Generated description
Ed Kashi is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer known for his long-form visual storytelling on social and political issues around the world.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ed Kashi
Target entity description: Ed Kashi is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer known for his long-form visual storytelling on social and political issues around the world.
  • A. Joshua Oppenheimer
    Joshua Oppenheimer is an American-born filmmaker best known for his innovative and unsettling documentaries about mass violence, including the acclaimed films "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence."
  • B. Kirby Dick
    Kirby Dick is an American documentary filmmaker known for his hard-hitting investigative films that expose institutional abuses and champion social justice issues.
  • C. Eric Bress
    Eric Bress is an American screenwriter and film director best known for co-writing and co-directing the psychological thriller film "The Butterfly Effect."
  • D. David Pilger
    David Pilger is an individual notable enough to be recorded as a bearer of the surname Pilger, though no widely recognized public information about him is available.
  • E. David Guggenheim
    David Guggenheim is an American screenwriter and producer best known for creating the TV series "Designated Survivor" and writing the film "Safe House."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69e0b4fde6c48190af1398e7e734629e completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fb71d644819087e00933fcc26217 completed April 21, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09279a50bc8190a2ac4bda770fe6fa completed May 17, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0928b4be448190bd862c8f971e61d9 completed May 17, 2026, 2:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0929734a5c8190911e54b601118bae completed May 17, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:32 p.m.